Me Time!
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@bbbay LNW - I agree with this. Talk to your doctor about reducing the dosage, or perhaps changing to some other drug? Until you are sure you at a stable stage, it may be good to continue some form of medication, rather than go from high dose to none in one step. Perhaps after a while, with good control of diet and more activity, you can continue to reduce the medication till its zero.
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@lee_yl very very.
Their CCTV system and facial recognition system are out of the world. They can track down crooks any / every where.
Try going down the streets in a car in China at night - the constant flickering of camera shots really bother me. I keep thinking I am getting a retina detachment!
China’s major cities are very safe in terms of physical safety. Petty theft exists for sure. But generally, it’s pretty drug and violence and homeless free on the streets.
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My DH says provinces like 新疆 and 西藏 have even more CCTVs!
During Dec winter period, what if the criminal wears a full jacket just like everyone else on the street, plus have a hoodie that covers the whole face (except his eyes), think CCTV with face recognition doesn’t work well then
DH says if the criminal wears something like specs that give out infrared lights, facial recognition on CCTVs would have trouble capturing and recognizing the face!
How extensive is the PRC facial database we also don’t know, like a guy from a village from another province enters Xi An to commit crimes, cross province crimes not easy to nab… So for me, if I travel alone in China, I will still avoid wondering on the street all alone after midnight!
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@lee_yl I thought their facial ID database is so extensive/reliable/accurate that some train stations use it at their gantries for passengers to enter/pay?
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Allow me to share how I think the CCTV can work.
If the suspect face is covered , the many CCTV around can still trace the movements of the suspect. The system can scan the clothing and color, walking pattern etc of the covered up suspect, and use these info to again auto scan all images on system to quickly pull out locations images that contain figure that fit the scanned profile, to arrive at the location the suspect goes to after committing crime.
But I would still encourage people to still play it safe by not wondering around late at night.
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@bbbay Certainly, I agree.
Most of us would be too tired to be wondering out past midnight, given the 20-30k steps one usually clocks in the day time while seeing sights or exploring a place.
I guess my safety yardsticks are compared to Europe/US or even most parts of Asia. I still consider China very safe.
I have to say I do find it very intrusive having to do all the facial scans and ID checks while taking even a simple 15 minute high speed train ride. I’ve not encountered these scans in metros and buses as yet.
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BTW ChiefKiasu, I was out of Singapore for two weeks, and could not access the KSP site from the UK at all. Are the security settings very strict?
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@zac-s-mum said in Me Time!:
@lee_yl I thought their facial ID database is so extensive/reliable/accurate that some train stations use it at their gantries for passengers to enter/pay?
i did not hear my dh said this face recognition in metro fr the last two trips to Xi’an city this yr. he took metro back to city hotel fr office.
i also think any city ,try not to wander out late night. usually w are back to hotel around 10pm+ , my trips were usually in winter, actually abt 8pm+ it is alreay bitter cold. But now my boy is big , i dun think he willing to go back hotel that early, unless they want to play games.
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For us tourists, we can also board their train, just buy their tickets and upload our info and facial ID to them. This is a 1:1 matching problem with the person seeking access to the train being cooperative to have his facial photo taken under proper lighting and correct position. On the other hand, someone with criminal intentions will take evasive measures so facial recognition will be more challenging.
A 新疆 citizen without criminal record can also travel freely (for now) but that doesn’t mean this 新疆 guy has no intention to go to Xi An or Xiamen to commit crimes. The systems are not likely to proactively flag up anyone without a criminal record
Years ago, there was this car driven from 新疆 to 天安门 to commit a terrorist act. Yes, camera lights kept flashing along the highway but as long as one doesn’t have any criminal records, no red flag will be raised.
Recently a Jap sch boy was stabbed to death in 深圳. Over at 苏州, a Chinese lady went to defend a Jap mother and child under attack and she ended up being killed. With CCTVs, there’s a deterrent effect but violence and crimes can still happen and it’s always safer to be cautious.
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Aiya, if yours is a boy, then you no need to be scared lah. If yours is a girl, better don’t let her wonder solo on the street after midnight.
I am not familiar with tech stuff but DH says CCTVs in a controlled environment can work very well. However, on the streets during winter snow, light drizzling or sand storms, images captured won’t be clear. China with so many CCTVs installed on the streets, how good is their maintenance and calibration of these equipment, we don’t know. Maybe China busy saving their property market, no money to do regular servicing liao. Some counties even owe local teachers salary!
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